Should Schools Sell Flavored Milk
The average amount of soda that a kid drinks a day is 2-3 20 ounce containers, that's about 50-60 tsp. of sugar in a child's diet with no nutritional value. Parents, school officials, and nutritionists have been debating about whether or not schools should sell flavored milk. Well schools should sell flavored milk. Schools should sell flavored milk, because there are many good vitamins and nutrients in flavored milk, is superior to most other drinks, and besides vitamins and nutrients there are other great health benefits.
There are many vitamins and nutrients in flavored milk that children need. Some people will say well strawberry is a flavor of milk and has the same amount of sugar as a cola. Well a lot of that sugar is natural and the nutrients make up for it. According to “Raise your hand for chocolate milk” flavored milk provides 3 out of 5 nutrients missing from most children's diets. There are also 9 essential nutrients in flavored milk.In the video created by Dairy Nutrition it says, chocolate milk contains nutrients that other drinks don’t. …show more content…
In the same video by Dairy Nutrition it shows that the claim I just stated is true. For example in 1 bottle of an off-brand sports drink there are about 7 tsp. of added sugar. In a can of cola there is about 9 tsp. of added sugar, while chocolate milk only contains 3 tsp. of added sugar as well as other nutrients that those and other drinks do not, such as, vitamin D, vitamin A, protein and calcium. Some may argue “No, chocolate milk has 26 grams of sugar” well that may be true but, it only has 3 grams of added sugar the rest are natural sugars. In conclusion chocolate milk is way better for you than other
There are many vitamins and nutrients in flavored milk that children need. Some people will say well strawberry is a flavor of milk and has the same amount of sugar as a cola. Well a lot of that sugar is natural and the nutrients make up for it. According to “Raise your hand for chocolate milk” flavored milk provides 3 out of 5 nutrients missing from most children's diets. There are also 9 essential nutrients in flavored milk.In the video created by Dairy Nutrition it says, chocolate milk contains nutrients that other drinks don’t. …show more content…
In the same video by Dairy Nutrition it shows that the claim I just stated is true. For example in 1 bottle of an off-brand sports drink there are about 7 tsp. of added sugar. In a can of cola there is about 9 tsp. of added sugar, while chocolate milk only contains 3 tsp. of added sugar as well as other nutrients that those and other drinks do not, such as, vitamin D, vitamin A, protein and calcium. Some may argue “No, chocolate milk has 26 grams of sugar” well that may be true but, it only has 3 grams of added sugar the rest are natural sugars. In conclusion chocolate milk is way better for you than other